The No-Hysterectomy
Option
The “No Hysterectomy
Option” empowers women to educate themselves
concerning their reproductive problems, learn
the alternatives and insist on being part of
their health care decisions.
There are
several treatment options now available as
hysterectomy alternatives. More and more
surgeons are being trained for laparoscopic
conservative surgery.
Modern Medicine and Hysterectomy
Alternatives
A hysterectomy is the complete or partial
removal of the uterus and other pelvic organs. A
complete hysterectomy is when the entire uterus
as well as fallopian tubes and ovaries are
removed. A partial hysterectomy is described as
the removal of the body of the Uterus while
conserving the cervix as well as the Ovaries and
fallopian tubes. Most doctors suggest total
hysterectomies because they can then be assured
that cancer of the Ovaries or cervix will not
develop.
The problem is that removal of
the Ovaries or female castration is terribly
destructive to a women. Surgical menopause is
abrupt and causes severe symptoms of estrogen
deprivation that even replacement does not
satisfy a women’s hormonal requirements. The
worst news is that ovarian cancer has been
described even after dilateral
oophorectomy.
Many doctors do not
understand why a woman who has pelvic
abnormalities would want to keep her Uterus.
They often feel that women are being sentimental
or superstitious. They do not take into account
the tremendous after effects of a hysterectomy
including immediate menopause and severe bone
density loss. The uterus, fallopian tubes and
ovaries help to regulate hormones throughout a
woman's body. Removal of these organs can result
in complications sometimes more severe than the
reason for the hysterectomy.
This is why
it is important for women to learn all they can
about hysterectomy
alternatives.
Hysterectomy
Alternatives
More and more women in the United States
are seeking out hysterectomy alternatives each
year. For decades women have been subjected to
hysterectomy on the advice of their doctors
without fully educating themselves on their
options. Studies show that over eight hundred
and twenty four thousand women will have a
hysterectomy in the year 2005. This makes
hysterectomy the most common major surgery
performed in the United States next to caesarian
section operations.
The sad truth of the
matter is that the uterus and pelvic organs are
often considered by physicians to be expendable
once a woman's childbearing years are over. The
pelvic organs are rarely studied outside the
realm of reproduction. Most doctors believe that
once a woman has had her children, the uterus
and ovaries are then useless and can be
removed.
Hysterectomies are usually
performed when a woman develops an abnormal
condition such as endometriosis, fibroid tumors,
ovarian cysts, or cervical dysplasia (abnormal
growth).. Most medical professionals believe
that the best way to rid a woman of these
problems is to perform a partial or total
hysterectomy. Many medical professionals have
not even been trained or educated on the various
procedures that can now serve as perfectly
suitable Hysterectomy Alternatives.
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